Theatercaféen, Oslo, Norway

Today: Open today, 11:00 – 23:00
Standing: High
Rank: Rank 101 of 3,842

Reviewed by Elena Voss · Roavina Travel Editor

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Opening hours

Monday	11:00 – 23:00
Tuesday	11:00 – 23:00
Wednesday	11:00 – 23:00
Thursday	11:00 – 23:00
Friday	11:00 – 23:00
Saturday	11:00 – 23:00
Sunday	15:00 – 22:00

Parsed from OpenStreetMap opening hours on 2026-09-09.

About Theatercaféen

Theatercaféen is a restaurant in the Hotel Continental in Oslo, opposite the National Theatre. It opened in 1900, a year after the theatre, and was originally owned, with the hotel, by the Foss Brewery. Caroline and Christian Boman Hansen took over the lease in 1909 and bought the business within three years; the current owner, Elisabeth C. Brochmann, is the fourth generation. The café soon became a meeting place for leading figures of Norwegian art and culture, among them Sigurd Bødker, Sven Elvestad and Herman Wildenvey, as well as actors from the National Theatre.

Checked 2026-11-05 · Source

What's inside

After a modernisation in 1949, the restaurant was restored in 1971 to its original Art Nouveau style under the architect Hans Gabriel Finne, using surviving original fixtures and furniture and old photographs. The floor is made of more than 100,000 small pieces of linoleum. A 2010 renovation added a new bar area and a chambre séparée. Since 1924 portraits of regular guests have hung on the walls; the collection now holds 81 portraits of authors, actors, painters, photographers, musicians and composers, all former or current patrons.

Checked 2026-11-05 · Source